
Attorneys in Hodgson Russ’s Immigration Practice are skilled in handling a broad range of immigration issues for businesses and individuals. Our more than 25 years of experience in the field of immigration law includes representing large, multinational companies, as well as in assisting U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens to reunite with their families.
In the business context, Hodgson Russ represents employers in connection with the temporary employment of professionals and intra-company transfers; the periodic entry of business visitors; and the permanent employment of foreign workers. We maintain great familiarity with all applicable agencies and their practices and procedures through regular interaction with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ four regional service centers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Fort Erie/Buffalo border crossing, and U.S. Consular offices around the world. Our attorneys have substantial experience filing a broad range of petitions and applications for non-immigrant and immigrant visas with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, including the H-1B, L-1, E-1/E-2, O-1, P-1, TN and EB-1/2/3 petitions, among others.
Hodgson Russ has been awarded a prestigious “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report in the Immigration Law category.
In addition to those noted above, our immigration law services include:
- Representing hospitals as well as foreign nurses and physicians entering the United States to pursue graduate medical education or clinical practice
- Representing foreign scientists and researchers
- Representing Canadian professionals seeking to work under the immigration provisions of the United State-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
- Representing foreign corporations of all sizes expanding or relocating to the United States
- Representing foreign entrepreneurs and investors
- Representing foreign athletes and entertainers entering the United States for professional work, events, and performances
- Counseling U.S. employers on all aspects of employment eligibility and verification and related unlawful discrimination practices
Hodgson Russ immigration clients also rely on the resources of the firm for matters relating to international tax planning, business reorganization or restructuring, intellectual property, real estate, and international business expansion into the United States.
In the News
- Buffalo Business First, March 4, 2022
- Albany Business Review, May 22, 2020
- Law360, May 22, 2020
- The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2015
- Buffalo Law Journal, August 24, 2015
- November 17, 2011
- October 17, 2011
- January 4, 2011
- September 16, 2010
- Buffalo Law Journal, December 8, 2008
- September 5, 2008
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 23, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, November 15, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, June 30, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, July 7, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, January 22, 2020
- Press Release, November 18, 2015
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, November 8, 2021
- AILA Immigration Practice Pointers, June 15, 2021
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, September 22, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, June 23, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, April 23, 2020
- Immigration Options for Investors and Entrepreneuers, 4th Ed., June 17, 2019
- The National Law Review, February 8, 2018
- The National Law Review, January 4, 2018
- The National Law Review, December 15, 2017
- The National Law Review, November 9, 2017
- The National Law Review, September 21, 2017
- The National Law Review, September 7, 2017
- Immigration Alert, July 26, 2017
- The National Law Review, July 26, 2017
- Immigration Alert, June 27, 2017
- The National Law Review, June 13, 2017
- The National Law Review, May 31, 2017
- The National Law Review, April 20, 2017
- Immigration Alert, February 1, 2017
- Lawyers Weekly, May 23, 2014
- Lawyers Weekly, May 17, 2013
- Labor & Employment Alert, May 3, 2013
- Immigration Alert, May 1, 2013
- Immigration Alert, January 11, 2013
- Buffalo Law Journal, October 29, 2012
- Immigration Alert, June 28, 2012
- Crossing the Line, January 2012
- Immigration Alert, February 7, 2011
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Lawyers Weekly, October 22, 2010
- Lawyers Weekly, March 19, 2010
- January 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, December 21, 2009
- Ontario Bar Association Citizenship & Immigration Newsletter, August 2009
- Citizenship and Immigration, April 2009
- September 9, 2008
- April 1, 2008
- Citizenship and Immigration, February 2008
- Labor & Employment Alert, November 28, 2007
- Boca Raton News, October 9, 2006
Presentations & Events
- Orlando, Florida, June 21 - June 24, 2023
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, April 20, 2023
- Cornell University, March 20, 2023
- February 7, 2023
- Lahaina, Hawaii, September 11, 2022
- June 2022
- August 18, 2021
- June 12, 2021
- March 5, 2021
- November 17, December 1 & 15, January 5 & 19
- December 7, 2020
- October 7, 2020
- October 1-2, 2020
- September 9, 2020
- July 29, 2020
- July 23, 2020
- July 13, 2020
- June 23, 2020
- June 18, 2020
- December 10, 2019
- Buffalo, New York, December 11, 2018
- Toronto, Ontario, November 15, 2018
- July 18, 2016
- New York, NY, October 10, 2013
- Toronto, ON, May 10, 2012
- Buffalo, NY, June 9, 2010